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THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I TUESDAY I 17 DECEMBER 2019 WEATHER Max: 28.9OC WORLD 12 SPORTS 15 TABLOID Min: 19.4OC | | RH: 48% Rainfall: Nil Hong Kong still in Lara calls Kohli Akki’s hypocrisy Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. dilemma: China Ronaldo of cricket stands exposed Misty/haze likely. Max/Min temp. 29/19ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 82 No. 347 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `6.00 Police brutality draws India’s ire ‘Expelled BJP MLA a rapist’ Students at 22 varsities protest against Jamia action Court convicts Kuldeep BHASKAR HARI SHARMA | DC MAMATA DARES Sengar in Unnao rape case NEW DELHI, DEC. 16 PM: SACK ME DC CORRESPONDENT she was sexually assault- A nation shocked by the NEW DELHI, DEC. 16 ed. She was under threat, violence against protest- worried. She is a village ing students at Jamia OVER CAA-NRC A Delhi court convicted girl, not from a cosmopoli- Millia Islami (JMI) uni- expelled BJP MLA Kuld- tan educated area... Sengar versity stood to protest RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC eep Singh Sengar on Mon- was a powerful person. So with best means possible, KOLKATA, DEC. 16 day for raping a woman at she took her time..,” the led by students of at least Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, in judge said, reading out the 22 varsities across India, West Bengal Chief Mini- 2017, saying the victim’s verdict. joined by the opposition ster Mamata Banerjee on testimony was “truthful The court noted that after parties, civil society, Monday dared the and unblemished” against the victim wrote a letter to legal bodies, and the gen- Central government to a “powerful person”. Soon UP Chief Minister Yogi eral public on Monday. dismiss her government after his conviction, Adityanath, several crimi- The nation-wide prot- for opposing the imple- Sengar broke down in the nal cases were filed ests were led by the brave mentation of the courtroom, and was seen against her family and the students of Jamia Millia, Citizenship Amendment crying beside his sister. “imprint of Sengar” were and joined by professors Act (CAA) and National The court convicted visible in them. and parents, a day after Register of Citizens (NRC) Sengar for rape under the The court voiced sur- facing police brutality. in the state. She made it IPC and the Pocso Act for prise over the CBI’s delay Scores of students, inclu- clear that even out of the offence of a public ser- in filing the chargesheet in ded women students, power she would not vant committing penetra- the rape case and said that once again took to the allow the CAA and NRC tive sexual assault against it prolonged the trial streets outside the Unive- to be effective at any cost. a child. The court will hear against Sengar and the rsity, braving a freezing Demanding the rollback arguments on quantum of others. cold, to protest the police of the CAA and NRC, the sentence on Wednesday. Referring to the Pocso action against their fel- Trinamul Congress supr- The offences entail a maxi- Act, which had come into low students. Local resi- emo led a protest rally mum punishment of life force to impart expeditious dents and guardians also from B.R. Ambedkar imprisonment. justice involving children came out in support of Statue on Red Road to District judge Dharmesh as victims of sexual assa- protesting students. Jorasanko on Chittara- Sharma, however, acquit- ult, the court said there Protests were reported njan Avenue. ted co-accused Shashi was “nothing wrong” with from students of universi- She declared that if the Singh of all charges. the law but its ineffective ties, besides those in Central government con- Convicting Sengar, 53, implementation on the Delhi, from Chandigarh, tinued to implement the under the Protection of ground and the lack of Lucknow, Patna, Guwa- CAA and NRC in West Children from Sexual human approach of offi- hati, Kolkotta, Aligarh, Bengal, it would have to Offences (Pocso) Act, the cers led to a situation Varanasi, Mumbai, do so over her “dead court said the CBI proved where justice was delayed. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, body”. the victim was a minor. “I West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads a rally of thousands of partymen, vowing not to allow the proposed Chennai and Pudicherry. found her statement truth- ■ Page 7: CBI didn’t follow Several Delhi Univer- country-wide National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state, in Kolkata on Monday. — PTI ■ Full report on Page 8 ful and unblemished that probe manual: Judge sity students boycotted exams and held protests outside the Arts Faculty in North Campus to express solidarity with Urdu varsity students shut Jamia students, even as a large number of police personnel were deployed by authorities to prevent gates to stop police entry any flare up. Carrying a tricolour, students clap- ATHER MOIN | DC It was in the backdrop of ped and raised slogans HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 a weeklong agitation agai- HCU STUDENTS against the central gov- nst the Citizenship Amend- ernment and Delhi police Worried about a possible ment Act. Students on SLEEPLESS OVER during the protests. Some police action, students pro- Sunday night mailed the students live-streamed testing the police brutality administration that they their protest through Tw- at the Jamia Millia Islamia would boycott exams, JAMIA VIDEO itter, Facebook and other and Aligarh Muslim Unive- scheduled from Monday, as social media platforms. rsity shut the gates of a mark of protest. They KANIZA GARARI | DC As many as 50 detained Maulana Azad National then locked the gates. They HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 Jamia students were University (Manuu) to pro- besieged the main gate, released even as the situa- fessors and staff on raising slogans against the Midnight protests were tion in the campus Monday morning. Delhi police and UP Police, held at Hyderabad Central remained tense, with From midnight, there demanding suspension of University (HCU) on scores of hostel students was major upheaval in the erring personnel. A namaz Sunday night against the leaving for home. After campus as news spread of was prepared for rumour- Delhi police’s fierce attack days of protest against police action against stu- ed deaths which turned out on students at Delhi’s the Act, the University dents in the North. to be false and tempers Jamia Millia Islamia had on Saturday Students feared a similar cooled. After professors University. As videos of announced vacation till police invasion, given the counseled the students, police brutality spread, January 5 and cancelled excuse of a pending case they allowed the staff to students became restless all exams. between two student union enter the campus at noon. and gathered in the cam- groups from a scuffle dur- pus demanding action. ■ Page 8: Jamia V-CC seeks ing the Azad Day celebra- ■ Page 2: Manuu exams probe into police action tions. deferred to Thursday ■ Full report on Page 2

PAGE 8 | DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY MUST STOP, SAYS SUPREME COURT HAJIPUR RAPE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES KTR CM, KCR super CM S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU | DC be constituted when KCR’s cuss any policy before it MEET GOVERNOR HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 son, Mr K.T. Rama Rao, goes to the state govern- takes over as CM, and KCR ment for a decision. As its DC CORRESPONDENT Telangana Rashtra Samiti will chair it. chair, KCR would have a HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 (TRS) president and Chief Sources close to the CM firm grip on the state Minister K. Chandrasekhar said that the proposed administration, and he can The families of the three Rao is considering consti- Advisory Council will summon any minister or girls who were raped and tuting a “Telangana State have, along with the chair- official on any issue that he murdered at Hajipur earl- Advisory Council”, along man and the new CM, sev- would wish to discuss. ier 2019 met Governor the lines of the National eral ministers, state plan- Needless to say, the Adviso- Tamilisai Soundararajan Advisory Council that ning board deputy chair- ry Council would be a pow- and sought her help to Sonia Gandhi had consti- man B. Vinod Kumar, chief erful body. Once KTR speed up the case. tuted as the UPA chairper- advisor Rajeev Sharman, becomes the CM, his father son during Dr Manmohan and possibly some others. is likely to operate from his ■ Full report on Page 6 Singh’s premiership. It will This council would dis- farmhouse in Erravelli.

SORRY | STATE ■ Experts say officials flout Manual Scavenging Act No end to manual scavenging RAJESWARI PARASA | DC survey and list equipment measures and just a ‘chad- or indirectly, a manual sca- HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 available for mechanisa- di’ and a ‘rope’, risking venger, and every person so tion and what is needed to their lives. The concerned engaged or employed shall Mechanised scavenging is ensure worker safety in the civic body bears the respon- stand discharged immedi- limited mostly to urban pursuit of mechanisation. sibility to prevent manual ately from any obligation, areas, whereas it remains In many municipalities, scavenging at individual express or implied to do manual in rural areas, and manual scavengers are level, private contractor manual scavenging.” nobody is noticing, said given a bottle of whisky and level or municipality level. Whoever scavenges manu- Union ministry of social a small amount of money to Manual scavenging is pro- ally is also liable for pun- justice and empowerment do manual scavenging hibited. According to the ishment, namely imprison- officials at a workshop in instead of providing them Manual Scavenging Act, ment and a fine. the city on Monday. protective gear and masks. 2013, “No person, local aut- Experts state that respec- In villages people descend hority or agency shall enga- ■ Page 4: TN, Gujarat top tive municipalities should into sewage without safety ge or employ either directly scavenger deaths Global honour PAGE Dr Prathap C. Reddy, chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at City 2 the IMTJ Medical Travel Awards 2019 held in Berlin DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 17 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Rage in Hyd over attack on Jamia students Students of various universities demand action against alleged brutality by the Delhi police DC CORRESPONDENT MANUU EXAMS Students should stay HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 Midnight protests were DEFERRED TO away from social held at Hyderabad media, TV and Central University on THURSDAY Sunday night against movies the Delhi police’s fierce DC CORRESPONDENT attack on students at HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 — Harish Rao Delhi's Jamia Millia Finance minister Islamia University. As Cyberabad Police videos of police brutali- Commissionerate ty spread, students deployed a substantial became restless and force outside the WEATHER gathered in the campus University but refrained Max: 28.9OC demanding action. On from entering the cam- Min: 19.4OC Monday, HCU students pus. Students’ Union RH: 48% continued to show their president Umer Faruq solidarity with a protest was under immense Rainfall: Nil walk, while at Osmania pressure to call off the Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. University students did agitation from universi- Haze likely in the morning. a ‘rastaroko’. ty authorities who Max/Min temp. 29/19ºC As vacation has begun, wished to restore aca- only research scholars demic activity. were at HCU, but that Students agreed to con- did not deter seniors on tinue examinations from ASTROGUIDE campus who were sleep- Thursday. A letter went less after watching to the Controller of Vikari: Dakshinayana videos of police brutali- Examinations request- Tithi: Margasira Bahula Shashti till ty. They gathered in the ing him to resume exam- 1.36 am (Wednesday) common area in the inations from Thursday. Star: Magha till 1.24 am morning demanding The revised timetable Varjyam: 2.05 pm to 3.36 pm action against the for examinations will be Durmuhurtam: 8.55 am to 9.38 am police. announced later. and 10.54 pm to 11.46 pm "Representatives from “The agitation in our different organisations university will continue, Rahukalam: 3 pm to 4.30 pm talked about the need to but we have to attend to HIJRI CALENDAR unite and resist anti- examinations as we do Rabi-ul-Aker 20,1441 AH minority and anti-poor not want to disturb stud- PRAYERS Citizenship Amendment ies,” Faruq told DC. “We Fajar: 5.34 am Act," Aakriti Suresh, are exploring an alter- Zohar: 12.22 pm history research scholar nate kind of protest, at HCU said. “HCU considering a relay Asar: 4.09 pm stands in solidarity with hunger strike but it is Maghrib: 5.51 pm the students of JMI and not finalised,” the stu- Isha: 7.05 pm Aligarh Muslim Students of Moulana Azad National Urdu University closed the varsity gates and did not allow teachers to enter the campus in protest against the dents’ union president SUNSET TODAY 5.45 PM University. The fire of Citizenship Amendment Act and the national Register of Citizens in Hyderabad on Monday. — P. SURENDRA said. SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.40 AM resistance will be kept MOONRISE TOMORROW 10.53 PM burning and HCU is MOONSET TODAY 11.04 AM going to continue to fight against CAA.” Students marched at 5 Sensitive events on social media cause anxiety pm from HCU to the COUNTER POINT Gachibowli stadium, demanding ‘Roll back KANIZA GARARI I DC CAA, Reject all India HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 NRC’. They gathered on the main road to protest With every sensational for half an hour, which incident in the city, state, caused a minor traffic or country turning into a disruption. Osmania public event via social University students sat media forwards, anxiety outside the Arts College, and panic attacks are wanting to know how being experienced by some the police entered JMI sections of the public such without the permission as senior citizens and high of University officials. school students, who find “The courts must take it difficult to cope with this case as suo moto these events and the emo- and investigate it,” D tions they evoke. Naresh of Osmania The parent of a high University said. school student says, “I “Students cannot be have asked my children beaten like this. It is our not to respond to any right to discuss national social media post. During SHORT TAKES developments and poli- the time of the general cies, and also to criticise election, a comment which the government. We will was not in sync with popu- SRIVARI not be silenced.” lar opinion had led to arguments, confrontation TEMPLE SHUT ● STUDENTS and even being labelled as MARCHED at 5 pm anti-national. It was very Students of University of Hyderabad and Osmania University protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act on Monday. — DC ON DEC. 25-26 on Monday from disturbing not only for them but also for the fami- hand, while on the other “emerges every day and because they believe says, “There is a need to to not believe everything DC CORRESPONDENT Hyderabad Central ly.” there are those whose dies too every day only (whatever they read) and build a coping mechanism they see, and check with TIRUPATI, DEC. 16 University to the There are similar reac- opinions disfavour these that it is too fast paced. also react very quickly. to deal with social media. their family first before Gachibowli stadi- tions to the protests legislations as unconstitu- People need to understand Present times demand This is important for all as believing it.” The December 26 solar eclipse um, demanding against the citizenship tional. that their emotional application of the mind to it has become a part and The importance of veri- will directly impact darshan bills passed in Parliament Psychiatrist Dr Naresh behaviour has to be con- verify the truth.” parcel of our life. The fying fake news is not for almost 13 hours at the ‘Roll back CAA, last week. ‘Why protest’ Vadlamani calls social trolled as what is ‘real’ There are those who social media etiquette of understood by all. The famed abode of Lord Reject all India and ‘what is the problem if media “the modern day will definitely be known have underlying fears verifying news before for- very idea of social media Venkateshwara in Tirumala. NRC’. They also there are valid papers’ and nukkad with the exception within a few hours. Those which play on them in a warding has not yet set in. circulating fake news is The solar eclipse will occur raised slogans other such questions are that the reactions are who suffer from panic, situation. Dr Keshav Till then, the vulnerable slowly being understood from 8.08 am to 11.16 am. being asked on the one instant.” He says a story fear and anxiety do so Reddy, senior psychiatrist group must be counselled only now. As per tradition, the Srivari against the Centre. temple will remain closed from 11 pm of December 25 till 12 noon of December 26. Darshan will commence at 2 pm, nearly three hours after Tech detection of hate speech not fool-proof the eclipse. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has also ADITYA CHUNDURU | DC been particularly criti- cancelled Tiruppavada, HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 cised for Islamophobic Kalyanotsavam, Unjal Seva, content. Arjitha Brahmotsavam and Automatic hate speech Equality Labs, a South Vasanthotsavam. Annapras- detection systems devel- FB auto filter in just 4 Indian languages Asian human rights adam will not be served in the oped by social media group, found such content complex and the queue lines giants and even by acade- was “the biggest source of or at food courts. mia are quite easy to fool, DC CORRESPONDENT the users of which num- tate it with their com- hate speech on Facebook The TTD has also said researchers. HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 ber in crores, are out of ments on what makes in India, accounting for 37 announced that they will pro- The field of applied hate the systems’ purview. For these posts offensive. percent of (hate speech”. vide Srivari special darshan speech detection is not Between July and posts written in these lan- After that, they can be fed The group also noted anti- to the elderly, challenged and more than three or four September 2019, Facebook guages, Facebook prima- into the algorithm to Dalit posts on reservations parents with infants on years. Facebook, for removed as many as 7 mil- rily depends on full-time make it work.” on Facebook that were not December 17 and 18. instance, started aggres- lion posts that contained content moderators. As of now, the research taken down by Facebook Towards this, they will issue sively developing and “hate speech” across the These moderators, howev- centre has been depend- either. 4,000 tokens to those above 65 deploying its detection world. More than 80 per er, do not scan all the ing on volunteers who Across borders, the years of age and challenged algorithms only a few cent of these posts were posts but only review look through flagged hate Californian company was persons on December 17 in years ago. detected not by human posts flagged by other speech content to anno- accused of fanning the three slots-10 am (1000 tokens), Before that, it was entire- users but by computer users as offensive or hate tate it. But the sheer flames of anti-Rohingya 2 pm (2000 tokens) and 3 pm ly done by human content algorithms designed for speech. In theory, a closed amount of data being cir- sentiment during the (1000 tokens). moderators who would go this purpose. In the past Facebook group could culated everyday makes Rohingya crisis in Similarly, for parents with through flagged posts couple of years, social indulge in propagating the job ever so difficult. Myanmar. Twitter, too, has children who are under five manually. media giants such as hate speech through posts The mobile data revolu- faced similar criticism. years, tokens will be issued for Present detection tech- Facebook and Twitter written in Assamese, tion post the launch of Activist Kavitha darshan through Supadham niques focus mostly on have been relying on arti- Telugu or Gujarati with- Reliance’s Jio has only Krishnan, for instance, from 9 am to 1.30 pm on abusive, offensive words ficial intelligence to out trouble. As long as no made things worse. Since complained of Twitter’s December 18, as against the and racial slurs and flag detect hate speech. one reports these posts, Facebook posts that have lenges is to find the right the field is still in its nas- bias against marginalised daily practice of allowing only posts containing them. However, for a country Facebook would take no already been labelled as data sets to work on. cent stages, there are not groups such as Dalits, one year infants with parents Hence, in theory, these sys- such as India, with all its action. hate speech. This gives Lakhs of posts are made many in the country who women and religious through the Supadham gate. tems are not difficult to diversity, the system is far So why is hate speech the algorithm its defini- in languages like Telugu are actively researching minorities. fool. For instance, a state- from perfect. moderation in Indian lan- tion of hate speech for ref- and Tamil everyday, so it. Another problem in Over the past couple of ment “Kill all Indians” Facebook, in an inter- guages so difficult? The erence. However, in there is no dearth of raw India has been the multi- months, many Indian ■ THE TIRUMALA would most likely be view to Time magazine in answer lies in the short- Indian languages, there is content. However, this lingual nature of many users of the micro-blog- Tirupati Devasthanams flagged as hate speech. But November 2019, con- age of data, or rather the far too little data that has content needs to be sifted internet posts. Many peo- ging website have opened (TTD) has also cancelled removing the spaces firmed that it had auto- shortage of “annotated been labelled as hate through and there aren’t ple often tweet using accounts on open-source between the words and matic hate speech detec- data”. Hate speech detec- speech. Vandan Mujadia, many people who can do words of multiple lan- rival Mastodon for its pur- Tiruppavada, adding the word “love” tion systems in place only tion models work through a researcher in the this. Identifying hate guages. In such cases, the portedly robust “anti- Kalyanotsavam, Unjal would give different for four Indian languages: deep learning algorithms Language Technologies speech is complex, and algorithm can struggle to abuse” features. Seva, Arjitha results. “KillallIndians Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and which learn to detect abu- Research Centre (LTRC) not everyone can do that. understand the post’s con- Most abusive Facebook Brahmotsavam and love” is likely to be missed Tamil. Across the world, sive content using histori- at IIIT Hyderabad, whose Once such posts are iden- text. Another problem in posts regularly go under by most algorithms in such systems are active in cal data sets. An algo- team has worked on the tified by people who are India has been the multi- the radar due to the com- Vasanthotsavam. their current form. This around 40 languages. rithm is let loose upon a subject extensively, said, well versed in regional lingual nature of many pany’s reliance on users Annapras-adam will not vulnerability was discov- Other Indian languages, data model of tweets or “One of our biggest chal- languages, they can anno- internet posts. flagging hate speech them- be served in the com- ered by researchers from selves. plex and the queue lines Aalto University in Unless these posts are Finland in 2018. reported by other users, or at food courts. India has had a massive net user base, Facebook groups to propagate abuse instance, during the Facebook was criticised Muslims as “insects”, and later reviewed by con- hate speech problem. Due and Twitter have often and hate against certain National Register of for not taking down posts “vermin” and “gang- tent moderators, they are to its multilingual inter- been weaponised by some communities. For Citizens (NRC) exercise, that referred to Bengali rapists”. Facebook has unlikely to be taken down. Crypto conference PAGE Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, chairman, DRDO, inaugurated 20th International Conference City 3 on Cryptology at HICC Convention Centre DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 17 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Aamir can play me Take steps to add more best in a biopic: Vishy

DC CORRESPONDENT monuments: HC to govt So far, 1.30 lakh HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 As TS fails to issue fresh list of protected monuments double bedroom Five-time world chess houses have been champion Viswanathan Anand says Aamir Khan VUJJINI VAMSHIDHARA I HERITAGE PROTECTION was being considered for built in the state is the best suited DC the Unesco World Heritage amongst all actors to HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 ● List, why did the govern- — Vemula Prashanth Reddy play him in a biopic if it Stating that only eight monuments from ment not select monuments happens in the future. The Telangana High Court TS have been recognised as protected mon- for inclusion in the nation- minister of housing “Aamir plays and under- asked the Centre and state uments of national importance as against al list. stands chess. He is a governments why they had 3,600 from the states, the bench observed The bench was dealing great method actor... I taken no steps to add to the with a taken-up public POWER| SHUTDOWN can only hope he is inter- number of protected monu- that Hyderabad had astonishing monuments interest litigation on laying ested,” said Anand at a ments of national impor- and structures such as the Paigah tombs pipelines in the moat of the 9 am to 5 pm: Police Lines, function in the city on tance in the state and par- but they had not been recognised as pro- Golconda Fort by the Yadagirinagar, Laxmi Sunday that was organ- Former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand ticularly in Hyderabad. tected monuments of national importance. GHMC without getting Narasimha Nagar, Srisailam ised to launch his autobi- interacts with novelist-journalist Sriram Karri during A division bench compris- approval from the area, Jubilee Hills check post ography, Mind Master. the launch of his autobiography, Mind Master, in ing Chief Justice Archaeological Survey of area, Jubilee Hills Roads No. 4 Responding to a series Hyderabad on Monday. — S. SURENDER REDDY Raghavendra Singh Maintenance) Act, 2017, Telangana state have been India (ASI). This work is and 5, TV5, Krishnanagar, of questions posed dur- Chauhan and Justice A. came into force. The Act recognised as protected said to be damaging the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy ing a HydPark conversa- Ms Upasana Kamineni, Reykjav$edk, Iceland, in Abhishek Reddy directed mandates that the govern- monuments of national heritage monument. Stadium area; MLA Colony, tion moderated by novel- vice-chairperson, Apollo 1972 than defending the two governments and ment notify state-protected importance as against 3,600 Assistant Solicitor Islan Colony, Venkatagiri, ist-journalist Sriram Foundation. champion Boris Spassky the archaeology depart- monuments based on the from the states, the bench General N. Rajeshwara Rao Masjid, Water Works area, Karri, Anand regaled Answering a question of Soviet Union, who ment to explain within four recommendations of the observed that Hyderabad said that GHMC officials committee hall, Gayatri Hills, the gathering of over 400 of the body-mind equa- lost, he said, “by every weeks. Heritage Conservation had astonishing monu- had not responded to the IOA Institute, IBS Quarters people, including a huge tion, he said, “fitness standard, Magnus The court found fault Committee. ments and structures such showcause notice served by area, Damodar Reddy house number of children, regime for my previous Carlsen is a great of the with the state government “There are so many mon- as the Paigah tombs but the ASI. line, LIC, Kavuri Hills Phase-II, unprecedented for a generation of top chess game. People grudge say- for not issuing a fresh list uments and structures in they had not been recog- The bench directed the Amar Co-Operative Society, book launch, with anec- players, when I started ing it maybe because he of protected monuments of and around the Hyderabad nised as protected monu- GHMC to stop the work and Kalyannagar, Anjaninagar, dotes marking the signif- playing, comprised hav- is still playing.” state importance and the and in the state which are ments of national impor- issued notices to the princi- Jubilee Hills Road No. 44 icant milestones of his ing a glass or two of He conceded that while monuments that need to be so beautiful but they are tance. There were only two pal secretary of municipal 9 am to 1.30 pm: Padmalya life, challenges and evo- whiskey each evening historically he hated los- protected after the neglected, Justice Chauhan such monuments in the administration, GHMC and Studio area, Road No. 78, lution as a chess player, and getting up the next ing to Vladimir Kramnik Telangana Heritage said. city the bench said. HMDA commissioners and Easwarawalli, Babu Jagjivan and life lessons applica- morning at 11. Today, all the most, the loss against (Protection, Preservation, Stating that only eight The bench asked that the Union archaeology Ram Colony, Padmalaya slum ble to everyone learn top chess players work Carlsen was bad because Conservation and monuments from when the Ramappa temple department. area, area near the houses of over a lifetime as a out in the gym.” it was held in his home- Pullela Gopichand, Sania champion sport star. On the gender gap in town of Chennai. Mirza House, Nihita Nethu, “The average age of the chess, he said, “there is Anand, giving several Bharani Layout, Teacher 10 top-ranked chess play- absolutely no reason tips to youngsters wish- Training Centre area, Nyaya ers has come down from why a woman chess playing to play chess as a HC treats DC’s Speak Out Vihar total area; Road 36 years over two er cannot be the world career, exhorted them to No.13.Line, Collector's decades ago to below 23 champion. From Humpy have a hobby, not give up Building years now. Chess is in India to Judith Polgar, formal education till col- 10 am to 1 pm: Mothi increasingly becoming a women have competed lege level and adopt tech- as PIL, issues notice to govt Darwaza, Shangri-La High young person’s sport,” well against men in the nology for a successful School, Apsar Colony, said the ‘lightning kid’ of world chess champi- life and career. He also DC CORRESPONDENT lectors of Hyderabad and Ranga Company Bagh, Ahmed yesteryears who evolved onships; the glass ceiling shared the strong sup- HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 Reddy districts to file their Colony, Bagdad Colony; Ahmed into ‘Tiger of Madras’, is only waiting to be port from his mother, replies on letters carried on the Colony, MD Lines, Akbarpura, who celebrated his fifti- shattered.” and later on wife Aruna, The Telangana High Court on Speak Out pages of Deccan Durganagar, Shatam Tala, . eth birthday a few days On the ‘good boy’ per- in having a successful Monday suo motu treated Deccan Chronicle within four weeks. Rethi Galli, Government ago. sonality of his versus his career. Chronicle’s Speak Out as a public The High Court was taking cog- Golconda Hospital, Balancer, Earlier, Anand shared oft-stated love for the bad “It is up to him totally. I interest petition and issued nisance of the December 2 edi- Bada Bazaar, Moulagunj, this special milestone by boys of sport, including would be very fine if he notices to various wings of the tion of Speak Out, which carried Risala Bazaar, Katora House, cutting a chess-board John McEnroe and does not play chess, state government. readers’ letters regarding poor Priyadarshini School, replica of a cake, flanked Zinedine Zidane, he con- because it will be hard A division bench comprising civic facilities under the headline Golconda PS, Devdasguda, by several young fans fessed, “it is not my per- for him with constant Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh ‘City Infrastructure Crumbling’. Dilawarsha Nagar. and aspiring chess play- sonality type. Maybe I comparisons. He won’t Chauhan and Justice A. One of the letters described the 2 pm to 5 pm: Muradnagar, ers, and a panel of guests liked them because they be able to enjoy it in a Abhishek Reddy directed the problems caused at Manikonda Muradnagar kunta, Chota who officially launched did what I could carefree way as I did. But chief secretary, principal secre- by vegetable vendors, who occupy Masjid, Syed Ali Guda, his book, including Mr not.”Saying that he “did- if he decides to, that taries of home and municipal the road and cause massive Alapatinagar, Kalvin Hotel, Jayesh Ranjan, principal n’t really know” who would be his own deci- administration, urban develop- traffic jams. Chilla PT, Post Office; secretary, industries and between Gary Kasparov sion,” replied Anand, ment, DGP, police commissioners The garbage that they leave Anjuman, Asifnagar, IT, Mr Anjani Kumar, or he would have had a when asked if his son of Hyderabad and Cyberabad, behind is also not cleaned up, Humayunnagar, Zahra commissioner, better chance against Akhil was interested in commissioner of GHMC, and col- leading to unhygienic conditions. Mosque, Castle Hills, Crescent Hyderabad police, and Bobby Fisher in chess. Hospital, NRI Colony, KGN Hotel; Sriramnagar, MIGH, Asifnagar main road, Rehnuma-e-Deccan, Milan WOMEN FROM Talkies, Zebabagh. Bhagat e-auction KOLHAPUR CIVIC IN BRIEF day 3: Visitors dip BODY VISITS Swine flu MADDY DEEKSHITH | DC price of commercial or DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 multi-purpose lands. In HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 case reported the first two days we Day three of the Uppal auctioned residential A 10-member all- Hyderabad: A 60-year-old Bhagat e-auction saw a plots for `79,900 per sq. women delegation from man was admitted to Gandhi lukewarm response yd but the commercial Kolhapur Municipal Hospital with symptoms of from bidders. One bid- and multi-purpose land Corporation led by swine flu on Monday. A resi- der had purchased a sin- was auctioned for deputy chairman dent of Malakpet, he was gle chunk of land in the `30,200 which is just Chaya Umesh Powar suffering from very high second on Sunday, the `200 higher than the visited the city and fever. Doctors suspected that second day. Of the upset price,” said a sen- learnt about develop- it was not the usual flu and 1,68,000 square yards of ior HMDA official mental activities and got the required tests done, land to be auctioned, the requesting anonymity. welfare programmes which confirmed swine flu. Hyderabad Metropoli- He said on the third for women. GHMC He is in the Gandhi Hospital tan Devel-opment day of the bidding, the urban community dev- swine flu ward. Authority has sold only HMDA auctioned multi- elopment officials expl- His travel history shows that about 78,000 sq, yds. The purpose lands. A total of ained the welfare pro- he had returned from Umrah HMDA sold 31,311.5 88,675 sq. yds spread grammes, empower- in Saudi Arabia and doctors square yards for `155 across 25 plots remained ment programmes and suspect that he got the virus crore on the first day of unsold. The HMDA offi- those to do with per- while travelling. He is in a the e-auction, 28,909.8 cial said that realtors sons with disabilities, stable condition now. sq. yds for `135 crore on have been hiking the loan facilities to self the second day and price of residential plots help groups, activities 78,000 square yards for and a thorough inquiry of slum level federa- OU to hold global `74 crore on day 3. would be conducted into tions and town level “We have no idea why this before bringing it to federations, interest meet on water there are these dimin- the notice of the state free loans, employment Hyderabad: Osmania ishing numbers in the e- government. “Despite through skill training University (OU) will host the auction. We suspect a selling huge chunks of and placements for the 24th international water con- nexus between realtors land on the third day, the youth, urban street ference, HYDRO 2019, from and politicians. If we go revenue dipped from vendors programme, December 18. The three-day by the trends of the e- 65.06 per cent on the first construction of night conference has been organ- auction, the price of res- day to 37.1 per cent on shelters for people com- ised by the Department of idential plots has Monday,” the official ing for medical treat- Civil Engineering in associa- increased but not the added. ment from outside. tion with Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH), Pune. Several themes related to water quality and efficient water usage will be dis- Pay more for alcohol in cussed. Last year, Hydro, 2018 was held at NIT, Patna. city from tomorrow!

KEEP KIDS AWAY S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU | DC This revision is expect- violation or if they issue HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 ed to fetch additional false certification with FROM PROTESTS, revenue of around `500 regard to stock. He said Here is some bad news crore. that bar excise tax as SAYS PANEL for all year-end and New Mr Kumar held a video well as shop excise tax Year revellers as also conference with district along with special excise DC CORRESPONDENT regular alcohol con- excise officials and tax of `5 lakh shall be HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 sumers. Drinking liquor briefed them on the completed by December will get costlier from price hike and the proce- 20. If anybody shows Children should not be taken Wednesday as prices are dure to follow. The TS signs of defaults on pay- to protests even if it is a peace- being revised. Beverages Corporation ment, their bank guar- ful protest, says the National The government has will not issue any stocks antee shall be encashed Commission for the increased prices of all to dealers on Tuesday. without waiting for the Protection of Child Rights in varieties of liquor and IML and beer will be deadline. Mr Kumar the city, as they can be used as beer significantly. With issued only after certifi- said that the stock of a shields. Children must also be an average increase of cation by the concerned particular brand with kept away from VIP parades. about 15 per cent, the station house officer new rates shall be deliv- But when it comes to chil- cost of liquor will be (SHO) that stocks of ered only after the out- dren who are used by adults more by anything from such brands have been lets and bars have for begging, there is no clarity. `20 to `80, depending on exhausted in the cleared existing stock. What about parents who use the quantity and brand. shop/bar/club. He said According to officials, the children to beg? The price of beer will be that the SHOs should the Beverages Corpor- The National Commission up by `10 to `20. convey a strong message ation has stock worth for the Protection of Child Excise Commissioner to all liquor dealers that `300 crore to `400 crore Rights (NCPCR) conducted and Special Chief Secr- they must sell old liquor with it. The government one day divisional level work- etary (revenue) Somesh only at old rates. He said has increased prices of shop on ‘Children in Street Kumar on Monday iss- that the SHOs shall be brands which sell more Situation.’ ued orders to this effect. held responsible for any than foreign liquor. State celebration PAGE Endowments minister A. Indrakaran Reddy says the Inavolu Mallanna City 4 Jatara will be held from January 13 DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 17 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Man mistaken for 11-member gang of cell thieves held DC CORRESPONDENT used to snatch cell phones sioner Anjani Kumar said a bike without the help of HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 and steal automobiles. one Abdul Wahed, 35, an keys and the gang strated a robber, lynched Police seized 27 two-wheel- autorickshaw driver, had stealing two-wheelers. Ano- The Central zone Task Force ers, an autorickshaw and formed a gang with Mohd ther gang of Harshavar- team busted an 11-member mobile phones, all worth `25 Althaf, Syed Jameel, Amer dhan, Abhishek, Uday, Ki- gang which had been formed lakh, from them. and a minor, among others. ran, Abhilash and Mallesh No one has the right Victim, two others were hunting cats by merging two groups. The Hyderabad police commis- “Wahed knew how to start colluded with them.” to carry out violent PULI SHARAT ● A group started ques- members of their com- KUMAR I DC tioning questioning a munity were being REMEMBRANCE protests and create JAGTIAL, DEC. 16 beaten up. They joined Jesus Christ is Lord of all. Acts 10:36 trouble for people trio in the area when the quarrel which led One person was killed tensions rose. to two groups attack- — G. Kishan Reddy and two others injured ing each other. In the Minister of state, home in a clash between two movements suspicious meanwhile, the three groups late on Sunday and questioned them. cat-catchers were night at Prakashnagar The women were not attacked. One of them in Korutla town of convinced about their died while two were IN Jagtial district. replies. Suspecting seriously injured. BRIEF According to sub- them to be thieves they Mr Anjaneyulu said inspector Anjaneyulu, raised an alarm, lead- the two injured per- M.P. JEEVARATHNAM three residents of ing to locals gathering sons are stated to be MRHS Zaheerabad Driver, cleaner DOB: 22.04.1946 DOD: 17.12.2004 Metpalli were trying to and attacking the recovering at the hos- Dearest PAPA, 15 years ago you catch cats in the three. pital. A case has been left us. Your love, Christ centered die in mishap Prakashnagar area. A section of people registered and a few exemplary life and good deeds, still Hyderabad: Driver Mallela Two women of the who witnessed the persons have been inspire us to live a God fearing life. Venkata Shiva, 28, and locality found their attack thought that taken into custody. Mrs. Vijaya Kumari - Wife All in the Family cleaner Kuntala Mahesh, 19, Ph: 9440384458 / 9441677130 from Anantapur were crushed to death when their (CA-3104) van (AP 39 TB 9693) 3 HELD WITH rammed into a stationary OBITUARY lorry on the Outer Ring Man jailed for OBITUARY DETONATORS, “...And I will dwell in the house of the Road at Peddamberpet. Lord forever” Psalm- 23:6 Abdullapurmet inspector S. Devender said the lorry (TN GELATINE 52 M 6296) that had stalled molestation on the road. Its driver had DC CORRESPONDENT not placed safety signals DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 and was booked. HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 YOUTH WHO Dundigal police Quarrelsome auto A 38-year-old plumber LURED, RAPED arrested a civil con- who sexually abused tractor and his two two siblings aged 10 aides for procuring driver held MINOR HELD V. SHALEM CLINTON and 12 years was con- explosives illegally G.T. Surya Kantha Rao DOB: 18.08.1996 DOD: 17.12.2018 Hyderabad: Autorickshaw victed and sentenced to for use at construc- DOB: 18.11.1946 DOD: 16.12.2019 For since we believe that Jesus died and driver Bandi Anjaneyulu, 21, three years of impris- DC CORRESPONDENT tion sites and seized Funeral Service at Mettuguda was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God was arrested by the onment by a city court HYDERABAD. DEC. 16 1,350 gelatin sticks Cemetery on 17.12.2019 at 4.00 PM. will bring back with him the believers Malkajgiri police for assault- on Monday. and 1,200 detonators Inserted by: Mary Dayasheela (Wife) who have died. 1 Thes. 4:14 Richard Gunukula (Son) ‘I Miss You Daddy’ ing two persons on According to the Chatrinaka police on from them. And FAMILY MEMBERS December 14. He picked up police, the com- Monday arrested the Acting on a tip-off, Ph: 9000877626, 9393000184 - V.V. Rao (Daddy) a quarrel with a florist who plainant Nasima, 38, 20-year-old accused for Dundigal police and (S/1920/D01440) asked him not to park in (name changed) was a the rape of a minor the Balanagar Special front of her shop, and resident of Pocharam girl last Saturday. Operations Team per- st attacked her brother Shakthi village. She went to A police official said sonnel intercepted a 1 ANNIVERSARY Jai Kishan, 32. He later beat Saudi Arabia where the accused, M. car in which the SAI SUCHETH GOWNI up his friend K. Sai, 21, who her husband in March Rakesh of Danaiahna- explosives were being Remembering you is easy, we do asked him about the quarrel. 2017 to work and left gar, Uppuguda, told transported and it every day. Missing you is their three children, the 14-year-old victim arrested civil con- heartache that never goes away. including the victims, that his sister is call- tractor A. Swamy, 36, Will keep your memories alive. at their paternal ing her to his resi- Y. Sathish, 33, and Love you SUCHI KANNA. TN, GUJARAT grandparents’ house. dence. Chatrinaka ins- driver K. Venkatesh A month later, when pector R. Vidya Sagar as they failed to pro- INSERTED BY: TOP DEATH OF Nasima called her chil- Reddy said, “Believing duce documents for NANNA dren, the two girls told him, the girl went to the explosives. MRUTHYUNJAI GOWNI SCAVENGERS her that a plumber, Md his residence. The Balanagar DCP P.V. AMMA Rasool, 38, who had accused forcibly Padmaja said that HARINYA GOWNI From Page 1 come to carry out pulled her in, latched Sathish along with SISTER: SAMIKSHA repairs at the house the door and sexually one S. Raghupathy DOB: 06.10.1999 DOD: 17.12.2018 AND FAMILY MEMBERS There was a need for the leg- had inappropriately. assaulted her.” used to procure gela- islative intervention and min- Nasima came to the The girl managed to tin sticks and detona- istry officials said they were city and lodged a com- escape and told her tors illegally. Swamy 29th DEATH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL SERVICE trying to bring in amendments plaint. mother who filed a used to carry out ille- to do away with loopholes. Rasool, a resident of complaint. The police gal blasting. Venka- About 882 manual scavengers Indiranagar in booked a case for tesh works for lost their lives in manual scav- Boduppal, was arrest- wrongful confinement Sathish. enging during the past two ed and remanded. and under the POCSO decades, and families of only After the investigation, Act and arrested the FRESH PLEA ON half were paid the court-man- police filed a Rakesh. dated `10 lakh compensation. chargesheet in the Tamil Nadu had 233 deaths Ninth Additional DISHA CASE (215 got compensation) and District Judge Court at convicted and sen- ENCOUNTER Gujarat 160 (only 55 got com- LB Nagar. The court tenced Rasool, the K. JESSY ROBERTS pensation). Telangana state conducted a trial and police said. (Singer and Musician) had four deaths and AP 23. New Delhi, Dec. 16: Memorial Service on Date: Wednesday (Tomorrow) December 18th At 6.30 p.m. Ministry representatives A fresh plea on the Late ADI. NARSINGRAO Venue: Centenary Methodist Church, asked the states’ municipal alleged encounter Ex-Corporator M.C.H. (Barkatpura Division) Chapel Road, Nampally. MAN KILLS WIFE OF 15 YEARS Your memories of strong leadership and Inserted by: corporations why compensa- killing of the four hard work will continue to guide and K. Steven (Brother), Shiloha (Sister), tion was not paid to some fam- accused in the mur- inspire us. Brother-in-law (Anthu Mondol), ilies. The states passed the FOR SUSPECTED LOVE AFFAIR der of veterinarian Inserted by: Brotherss & Sisters, Akshat (Nephew) and Anusha (Niece). Contact: 9885081911 buck to the social welfare Disha was mentioned Brothers-in-law & Sisters-in-law department. DC CORRESPONDENT suspect Sultana and before the Supreme (S/1920/D01425) (B/1920/D00158) HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 the couple used to Court for urgent quarrel frequently hearing on Monday. A man killed his wife over this. They fought A bench headed by because he suspected again on Saturday Chief Justice S.A. she was having an night when their chil- Bobde took note of affair, police said on dren were away at the submission of Monday. Md Mazhar their grandparents’ lawyer Vrinda Gro- Khan slit the throat of house. ver, representing acti- his wife of 15 years, Kanchanbagh police vist Sajaya K. who Sana Sutana. The cou- official J. Venkat had moved the TS ple had two daughters Reddy said Mazhar High Court in the and two sons. Khan first cut matter, to approach Mazhar Khan, 36 is Sultana’s throat with a the apex court’s regis- absconding, a Kan- shaving razor and then trar to get the plea chanbagh police offi- with a kitchen knife. listed for urgent hear- cial said. Sultana was He informed his rela- ing. Ms Sajaya had 32. tives that Sultana was sought a probe into Mazhar Khan used to dead, and absconded. the encounter deaths. Labourer held for theft DC CORRESPONDENT Pahadi Shareef police with the Shahinayat- HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 and attempted to hgunj police. Additio- snatch the ornaments nal inspector K. The Shahinayathgunj she was wearing. Maruthi who took up police arrested a man When she resisted, the investigation and who took a woman to a Dasharath beat her on searched the footage of lonely place, bludg- the head and the face 88 CCTV cameras to eoned her and stole her with a stone. find the suspect. The gold ornaments worth Leaving her bleeding police later zeroed in `30,000. The accused there, Dasharath on Dasharath. was identified as reportedly made away On Sunday, they Islavath Dasharath, 45, with her ornaments. received information a labourer. Meanwhile, when Ms that Dasharath was at Dasharath took the Indiramma did not the Begum Bazaar victim N. Indiramma, return home, her fami- labour adda. Police to an isolated spot in ly members lodged a rushed there and the jurisdiction of the missing complaint nabbed him. Two e-goods sellers SAD DEMISE held for making fakes DC CORRESPONDENT from the accused. HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 The SOT raided Maha- shakthi Electronics and Two electronic goods NH Electronics at sellers in Jeedimetla Shapurnagar market in who were selling assem- Jeedimetla and found bled TVs by using the that the owners, B. names of leading brands Subramanyan, 39 and were arrested by the Hasam Hasan Parmar, Cyberabad Special Ope- 55, were selling dupli- ADAVALLI RAMANUJA REDDY rations Team on Mon- cate smart TVs. They DOD: 16-12-2019 day. The police seized were also distributing Inserted by: about 154 TVs and pro- the duplicate TVs to Justice A. RAJASHEKER REDDY, gramming pen drives other states. SONS & FAMILY MEMBERS c m y k c m y k

PAGE DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 17 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD 5 Child support PAGE Child welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod says Balamrutham, a supplementary food for malnourished City 6 children under 7, has been introduced with NIN’s help DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 17 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Save Musi campaign CS holds meet over plans for President’s winter stay DC CORRESPONDENT ● The President will be two days. He said that the Don’t spread fake HYDERABAD, DEC 16 staying at the President will be staying at Rashtrapati Nilayam the Rashtrapati Nilayam news. Talk to local In connection with between Dec. 20-22 and between Dec. 20-22 and President Ramnath would be leaving to SHO, ACP or DCP if Kovind’s winter stay at would leaving for Thiruvananthapuram on you have any doubt Hyderabad from December Thiruvananthapuram. the Dec. 23. The President 20, chief secretary S.K. officials to make necessary will return to Hyderabad on — Anjani kumar Joshi held a meeting with security arrangements and December 26, and a day the officials of concerned monitor the traffic issues, later, the ‘At Home’ pro- Hyderabad police commissioner departments and instruct- road repairs, power supply, grammed would be held at ed them to make necessary sanitation, and water sup- the Rashtrapathi Nilayam. arrangements. He tasked ply to the Rashtrapathi The next day, on December IN the officials of the depart- Nilayam at Bollaram. He 28, the President would BRIEF ments with formulating also directed the officials to leave for Delhi. IAS officers and coordinating action install CCTVs, medical Ajay Mishra, Adhar Sinha, Alberta minister plans for the President’s teams, telephone, internet Somesh Kumar, Shanthi visit. facility, and to keep newspa- Kumari, DGP Mahender calls on KTR In the meeting held at pers and magazines avail- Reddy, home secretary Ravi BRK Bhavan on Monday, able at the President’s resi- Guptha, Hyderabad police Hyderabad: IT minister K.T. the CS informed the offi- dence. commissioner Anjani Rama Rao held a meeting cials that President The CS ordered that the Kumar, Rachakonda police with Prasad Panda, minister Ramnath Kovind is sched- details of the staff of the commissioner Mahesh of infrastructure, Alberta, uled to arrive at Hakimpet various departments on Bhagwat and collectors of Canada, in Hyderabad. Airport at around 1 pm on duty during the President’s Medchal, Hyderabad, and During the meeting, the two December 20. visit have to be submitted to Rangareddy districts were discussed investment oppor- Mr. Joshi instructed the the control room within present at the meeting. tunities between Telangana As part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Namami Musi programme, party’s state president Dr K. Laxman, along state and Alberta. Panda with other BJP leaders, offers prayers at Bathukamma Ghat on Monday. — S. SURENDER REDDY said Telangana’s IT sector SARFARAZ has a good reputation and companies in Alberta are interested in investing within AHMAD, 5 OTHERS the state. Rama Rao invited Alberta premier Jason Hajipur victims’ families TRANSFERRED Kenny to tour the state and look at investment opportu- DC CORRESPONDENT nities. Panda told Rama Rao HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 that Telangana’s Bathukamma festival was meet Gov, seek justice The government on celebrated in Alberta in a Monday issued orders grand manner. “Alberta is transferring five IAS offi- rich in natural resources and Father of one of the girls demands Disha-type treatment cers, including Telangana in human Karimnagar collector resources. A mixture of both IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY lies and requested swift and why the accused, who Governor that the gov- Sarfaraz Ahmad, who can translate into a world of I DC action against Srinivas killed her daughter is ernment is acting in a was involved in a contro- opportunity for both HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 Reddy who, they said, still alive. She demanded biased manner and versy wherein an audio regions," Panda declared. should be hanged to that the accused should minorities are not receiv- surfaced containing his Alleging delay in the death. The Governor be gunned down and not ing treatment similar to purported conversation investigation, the fami- assured them that justice be spared. that of others. He said with BJP MP Bandi lies of the three girls who would be speedy. The father of another of that they had requested Sanjay Kumar regarding LOKAYUKTA, were raped and murdered In April this year, the the girls who was killed the Governor to direct finances spent by TRS at Hajipur earlier this Bommalaramram police by Srinivas Reddy the government to pro- minister Gangula HRC CHIEF BY year met Telangana who had registered a case demanded an encounter vide necessary assistance Kamalakar on his elec- Governor Tamilisai of a missing minor girl, killing and requested the to the families of the vic- tion campaign. Ahmad DECEMBER 21 Soundararajan at Raj arrested Srinivas Reddy Governor to implement tims of Hazipur. will now be director, Bhavan on Monday and for the murder and sexu- the same. “Srinivas “The government Prohibition and Excise. DC CORRESPONDENT gave a representation, al assault on the girl, Reddy should be killed should ban liquor, porn Jogulamba-Gadwal col- HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 requesting her to look whose body was recov- and buried in the same and obscene portrayals of lector K. Shashanka has into the matter. ered from an abandoned way in which my daugh- women in the movies, been transferred to In wake of the Telangana The families of the well belonging to ter was murdered and which are leading to such Karimnagar in Ahmad’s High Court’s instructions to three girls, along with the Srinivas Reddy. buried,” he said. The heinous incidents in the place. Wanaparthy collec- the state government to BC Sankshema Sangham The accused is said to father of another of the state,” demanded Goud. tor Sweta Mahanty has appoint the Lokayukta and told the Governor that it have confessed during victims said, “I am dying Hajipur sarpanch T. been given full additional Upa Lokayukta and chairman has been seven months questioning that he had every day after losing my Kavitha took the opportu- charge as Gadwal collec- of Human Rights since the arrest of Marri raped, killed and buried child, but her killer is nity of bringing to the tor. MCRHRD Institute Commission, the government Srinivas Reddy, who con- two other girls from the still alive in a jail. Disha’s notice of the Governor additional director B. would hold a meeting with the fessed to killing the three village too. killers were immediately the poor amenities and Venkateswara Rao has appointing committee on minor girls, but there has Speaking to the media killed, then why not my infrastructure in the vil- been transferred as prin- December 19. been no progress in the on Monday, the mother of child’s murderer?” lage. It is lack of proper cipal secretary, revenue The Chief Minister, opposi- case. one of the victims asked Later, BC Sankshema roads and connectivity (disaster management). tion leaders of Legislative They told the Governor why the government did Sangham president, J that has led to such brutal He has been replaced by Assembly and Legislative that the state government not respond to this case Srinivas Goud, said that crimes being committed Dr. A. Ashok who was Council, Speaker of the should support the fami- as it did to the Disha case he complained to the in the village, she said. awaiting posting. Assembly and Chairman of the Legislative Council are members in the committee for both Lokayuktha and Upa Lokayuktha. For the appoint- BJP woos YSRC Storm in AP House over ment of Human Rights Commission, a meeting will be held on the same day with Chief Minister, opposition into Modi team leaders of Legislative Jagan’s ‘buffoon’ remark Assembly and Council, S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU I the YSRC is already Speaker of the Assembly and DC supporting the NDA MD ILYAS I DC ● Naidu claimed that Sitaram asked Mr Naidu Chairman of the Legislative HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 government from out- VIJAYAWADA, DEC. 16 to confine his remarks to Council, home minister as the side, the BJP leadership the bifurcation of the the Bills under debate and members of the appointing Talks are going on feels it may as well join Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan commissions for the not to speak on other committee. Sources said that between the national the government. Mohan Reddy, reacting to SC and ST communi- issues. When Mr Naidu the orders of appointment for leadership of the The BJP leadership the opposition’s attempts ties is the work of the continued speaking about Lokayuktha, Upa Lokayuktha, Bharatiya Janata Party had offered the YSRC to obstruct his speech in Telugu Desam the suppression of Dalits and the Human Rights (BJP) and Andhra the post of Deputy the Assembly, termed under the YSRC govern- Commission would be issued a Pradesh Chief Minister Speaker of the Lok Telugu Desam legislators government. ment, YSRC legislators couple of days after the meet- Y.S. Jagan Mohan Sabha after Mr Modi ‘buffoons’ on Monday. The rushed to the podium and ing. Reddy about YSRC took charge as Prime TD legislators were bifurcation of the com- demanded that his speech members being includ- Minister for the second protesting the denial of missions for the SC and be stopped. Mr Sitaram ed in the Narendra time. But the YSRC was the microphone access to ST communities is the then denied him access to CHENNAMANENI Modi Cabinet. There is reluctant to do so until opposition leader N. work of the TD govern- the mike and asked Chief speculation that the it got an announcement Chandrababu Naidu and ment. He alleged that the Minister Reddy to con- STAY EXTENDED Prime Minister may on special status. flocked to the podium YSRC forced Dalits of clude the discussion. reshuffle the Cabinet The YSRC argues that while shouting slogans Atmakur and other vil- Mr Reddy recalled a before the Budget ses- this is not a new against the YSRC govern- lages to leave their native statement of Mr Naidu’s BY 8 MONTHS sion and top sources say demand; it was ment. places, and said the — “who wants to be born DC CORRESPONDENT that if the YSRC agrees announced in The government had just attacks on Dalits had in SC and ST communi- HYDERABAD, DEC. 16 to join the Cabinet, the Parliament by the then presented legislation to increased under the pres- ties” — and said the com- BJP is ready to offer it UPA government and split the SC and ST ent government. ment displayed his anti- Justice Challa Kodandaram of two berths and the post the BJP had supported Commission into two sep- YSRC legislators Dalit attitude. Angry with the Telangana High Court on of Deputy Speaker in it. The Centre’s problem arate commissions in the Meruga Nagarjuna, Jogi the continued protests of Monday extended the stay on the Lok Sabha. is that if it announces Assembly. The TD legisla- Ramesh, G. Babu Rao, TD legislators, Mr Reddy the November 20 order of But Mr Reddy is special status for tors claimed that their Anam Ramanarayana called them ‘buffoons’ and union home ministry that insisting that special Andhra Pradesh then government had worked Reddy, Ambati Rambabu, said there was nothing stripped Dr. Ramesh category status be Bihar, Odisha and other for the development of and ministers K. Kanna wrong in suspending Chennamaneni, TRS MLA awarded to AP before states will clamour for Dalits and that the YSRC Babu, P. Viswarup and them. He alleged that Mr from Vemulawada, of his such a move. He is the same. But the YSRC has failed to do so. Mr Pushpa Srivani, obstruct- Naidu divided the Mala Indian citizenship. understood to have said says the argument is Naidu said that as the ed Mr Naidu from speak- and Madiga communities The High Court had on that once the Centre specious since special then Chief Minister of ing by raising slogans. for political benefits and November 22 given relief to announces special sta- status for AP was given united AP, he had issued Angry TD legislators further alleged that “this Dr. Ramesh by staying the tus for AP, it will be pos- during the bifurcation orders for the formation of then rushed to the podium man (Mr Naidu) will go to home ministry’s order for sible to join the Union process and it cannot be the SC, ST Commission, and indulged in counter- any extent, including divi- eight weeks. It has now ministry, and the con- compared with other and later worked for the sloganeering, alleging sion of brothers,” and “is extended the stay order by cessions to be given to states. categorization of SC bias by the Speaker the only person in the another eight weeks. the state under special Should the YSRC join reservation. towards TD MLAs. world who backstabbed Ravikiran Rao, counsel for status can be decided the Union ministry, He claimed that the Speaker Tammineni his father-in-law (NTR).” Adi Srinivas, who is the com- later. With the Shiv party general secretary plainant before the union Sena exiting the and MP V. Vijayasai home ministry, had chal- National Democratic Reddy will probably be lenged the Indian citizenship Alliance, the BJP lead- one of the ministers. He of the TRS MLA. ership wants the YSRC is close to Mr Jagan The counsel informed the to join the Cabinet. The Mohan Reddy and also court that Dr. Ramesh was still YSRC has supported the has good relations with in possession of two passports Centre on all issues, Mr Modi and Union and thus held dual citizenship including the highly home minister Amit of both India and Germany. controversial Shah. Other likely can- He further stated that the let- Citizenship Amend- didates are Mr Mithun ter Dr. Ramesh addressed to ment Act and the Reddy and Mr Bala the union home Ministry National Register of Showry. The latter is informing that he had given Citizens Bill in from the Kapu commu- up his German citizenship Parliament. nity and was close to was false. The YSRC has 22 the late Y.S. Rajasekhar Following this, the judge, members in the Lok Reddy. Amalapuram MP while extending its stay order Sabha and two in the Chintha Anuradha by another eight weeks, direct- Rajya Sabha. By March could be given a chance ed the union government to next year, the strength to become Lok Sabha check the veracity of the letter of the YSRC in the Deputy Speaker. It may addressed by the petitioner Rajya Sabha will be recalled that in 1998, and also find out from con- increase to six. For the Telugu Desam MP, late cerned officials in Germany BJP, the support of the G.M.C. Balayogi, served about the truth in this YSRC in the Rajya as the Lok Sabha issue. Sabha is crucial. Since Speaker. Official charge PAGE Nagaland Governor R N Ravi, also the Centre’s interlocutor for Naga talks, was Nation 7 given additional charge of Meghalaya DECCAN CHRONICLE TUESDAY | 17 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD 62.54% VOTE IN J’KHAND Naravane FOURTH PHASE

Ranchi, Dec. 16: An estimated 62.54 per cent named of over 47 lakh elec- Repeal controversial torate cast their votes in the fourth phase of Citizenship Jharkhand Assembly Amendment Act elections to 15 seats on Army chief Monday, Election immediately Commission (EC) officials said. Seniority principle followed — Amrinder Singh Polling, which began at 7 am, was peaceful in the PAWAN BALI | DC Punjab Chief Minister constituencies spread NEW DELHI, DEC. 16 over Giridih, Deoghar, Dhanbad and Bokaro Lieutenant General IN districts, state Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane BRIEF Electoral Officer Vinay will be the next Army Kumar Choubey said. Chief. Lt. Gen. Naravane Solar eclipse Voting ended at 3 pm in is the most senior army Jamua, Bagodar, commander and Modi Giridih, Dumri and government has followed on Dec. 26 Tundi seats while the the seniority principle by Kolkata: A partial solar exercise concluded at 5 nominating him as next eclipse will be visible in pm in the remaining Army Chief. India along with several seats, Choubey said. Gen. Rawat was appoint- other countries on He said 48 ballot units, ed as Army chief in Lieutenant General Manoj December 26. This will be an 50 control units and 121 December 2016, by super- Mukund Naravane annular solar eclipse in some VVPAT machines had to Elderly voters being assisted after casting their votes during the fourth phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls in seding two officers senior parts of India and elsewhere be replaced but polling Dhanbad on Monday. —PTI to him. Also, vice admiral ■ which happens when the was not hampered Karambir Singh was ARMY CHIEF Gen Moon covers the sun’s cen- because of it. appointed as Navy Chief Bipin Rawat is due to tre, leaving the sun’s visible There were a total of superseding his senior retire on December 31 outer edges to form a “ring 9,902 ballot units, 7,628 vice-admiral Bimal after a three-year stint. of fire” or annulus — around control units and 7,931 Ram temple in 4 months: Shah Verma. the moon. The maximum VVPAT machines, Lt. Gen. Naravane is ■ HE IS expected to be obstruction of the sun dur- Choubey said. currently vice-chief of appointed as the coun- ing the eclipse when seen The seats which went Pakur/Poreyahat ■ ADDRESSING a poll (Amendment) Act which months,” Shah added. the Army Staff. from different cities of India to polls in this round (Jharkhand), Dec. 16: has no provision to take Addressing an election The present Army chief try's first Chief of will be 89.4 per cent in were Deoghar (SC), BJP president Amit Shah meeting at Kamil away anybody’s citizen- rally at Poreyahat in sup- Gen Bipin Rawat retires Defence Staff. Bengaluru, 84.6 per cent in Jamua (SC), Chandan- on Monday, said a sky- Bagicha, Union Home ship. port of BJP candidate on December 31. Chennai, 78.8 per cent in kiyari (SC), Madhupur, touching lord Ram temple Minister Amit Sha said “These Congress, AAP Gajadhar Singh, the Lt. Gen. Naravane and ■ BEFORE taking Mumbai, 74.3 per cent in Bagodar, Gandey, would come up in Indians all over the and Trinamul parties are Union home minister crit- Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh charge as vice chief of Hyderabad, 66 per cent in Giridih, Dumri, Bokaro, Ayodhya within four misleading you and creat- icised Congress leader (senior most officer after the Army Staff, Lt Gen Ahmedabad and 44.7 per Sindri, Nirsa, Dhanbad, months, which Indians world have been ing an atmosphere of vio- Rahul Gandhi for oppos- Lt Gen Naravane) cur- cent in Delhi, the Birla Jharia, Tundi and from all over the world demanding for the Ram lence inside the country,” ing abrogation of Article rently chief of Northern Naravane was heading Industrial and Technological Baghmara. have been demanding for temple for 100 years. he told the agitating 370, while hailing Command were con- the Eastern Command Museum said. Prominent among the 100 years. youths. Narendra Modi govern- tenders for the post of which takes care of candidates in this phase Making a blistering Shah also asked the ment for not only doing Army chief. Copy of Rahul’s were state labour minis- attack on Congress, Shah opposition parties to away with Article 370 and Lt. Gen. Naravane is an India’s nearly 4,000-km ter Raj Paliwar from asked its leader Kapil rally in Pakur in favour of abjure violence as “noth- 35 A, but also bringing the alumnus of the National border with China. Madhipur seat and land Sibal why he sought to the party candidate. ing comes out of vio- amended Citizenship Act. Defence Academy and the speech sought and revenue minister drag the Ram Later, addressing anoth- lence”. “Desh ka saath chhed- Indian Military New Delhi: The Election Amar Kumar Bauri Janmabhoomi case in the er poll meeting at Kamli “Not long ago, the kani bardast nahin Academy. He was com- serving key appointments Commission has asked poll from Chandankiyari Supreme Court. Baghicha maidan, Supreme Court gave its karenge (we will not toler- missioned into the 7th in active counter insur- authorities in Jharkhand to constituency. “Congress leader and Poreyahat in the neigh- ruling on Ayodhya. There ate anybody meddling Battalion, The Sikh Light gency environments, both submit a certified copy of Out of total 6,101 advocate Kapil Sibal bouring Godda district, was a demand of Indians with the country),” Shah Infantry Regiment in in the North East and in the speech of Congress polling stations, 1,133 sahab said, ‘abhi mat cha- Shah iterated ‘Ashman from all over the world for said without elaborating. June 1980. Jammu and Kashmir and leader Rahul Gandhi in which were marked ‘critical’ laye case, baad mein cha- chhumta hua Bhagwan 100 years that a grand tem- Earlier, in the Pakur He brings with him an was a part of the Indian he had made the “rape in and 3,070 ‘sensitive’. A laye. Keon bhai, aap ke pet Ram Mandir’ (sky- touch- ple should be built at Ram rally, Shah asked the peo- enormous amount of Peace Keeping Force in India” remark at an election total of 47,85,009 voters, mein kyon dard hai’ (take ing lord Rama temple) in Janmabhoomi,” he said. ple to be on guard against experience in serving in Sri Lanka during rally in the state last week. including 22,44,134 up the case latter, why do Ayodhya within four “I want to tell you that “traitors” like Mir Jafar, the most challenging Operation pawan. He also The decision to seek the female and 81 third gen- you have a stomach ache months. the Supreme Court verdict alleging the Congress areas. has had the opportunity transcript came after BJP der voters, were eligible following the case),” Shah On protests over amend- has come, a grand Ram could neither develop the In a distinguished mili- of serving as a Defence leaders approached the poll to decide the fate of 221 asked Sibal. ed Citizenship Act, he temple touching the sky is country and secure its tary career spanning Attache at the Indian panel against Gandhi, accus- nominees, including 23 The BJP president was appealed to students to going to be built in borders, nor honour peo- almost four decades, he Embassy in Myanmar for ing him of using the issue of women. — PTI addressing an election study the Citizenship Ayodhya within four ple’s sentiments. —PTI has the distinction of three years. rape as a tool to target political rivals. Official sources in the EC said further action would be contemplated after 8 CHARGESHEETED getting the report. SC forms panel on speedy FOR HONEY-TRAP NITISH WANTS disposal of rape cases SCANDAL IN M.P. MODI TO BAN RABINDRA NATH New Delhi, Dec. 16: The CHOUDHURY | DC PORN Supreme Court has set CBI DIDN’T FOLLOW PROBE MANUAL, BHOPAL, DEC. 16 up a 2-judge committee NAYEAR AZAD | DC to look into the issue of The police on Monday, PATNA, DEC. 16 expeditious disposal of SAYS JUDGE IN UNNAO CASE filed chargesheet in the rape cases across the honey-trap scandal of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish country, a source said on From Page 1 August 2019. Madhya Pradesh in a Kumar has written a letter to Monday. The court had on local court in Indore, Prime Minister Narendra In an administrative It said the CBI itself was August 9 framed charges naming eight people, Modi urging him to impose a decision, Chief Justice not following the manu- against the MLA and including six women as complete ban on porn sites in S.A. Bobde has set up the al on investigation and Singh under Sections accused. order to stop cases of sexual two-member committee prosecution. “The 120b (criminal conspira- The 390-page assault against women in the of Justices Subhash woman was allegedly cy), 363 (kidnapping), 366 chargesheet, along with country. Reddy and M.R. Shah, kidnapped and raped by (kidnapping or inducing around 3,000 docu- “Disturbing incidents of the source said. Sengar in 2017 when she a woman to compel for ments in support of the crime against women are The decision comes in was a minor.” marriage), 376 (rape) charges made against being reported from various the wake of rise in rape The court had also and other sections of the the accused, was filed states. I, therefore, request you cases across the country framed charges against Posco Act. The trial in in the Indore district to kindly impose a complete and the recent incident co-accused Shashi Singh the high-profile case was court, police said. ban on porn sites which are of encounter killing of in the case. Sengar, a held in-camera after the While five accused in easily accessible on the inter- four accused in the gang four-time BJP MLA from Supreme Court trans- the scandal, Shweta net,” Chief Minister Nitish rape and murder of a vet- UP’s Bangermau, was ferred the matter from Vijay Jain, Shweta Kumar said in the letter he erinarian in Telangana. expelled from the BJP in Unnao to a Delhi court. Swapnil Jain, Barkha wrote to Prime Minister on Meanwhile, the Soni, Arti Dayal, Monday. Supreme Court will on Monica Yadav and their Kumar and his government Tuesday hear a plea filed Delhi is anyway becom- 2017 verdict. The 23-year- driver were currently are facing sharp criticism by one of the four con- ing short due to rising old paramedic student in police custody fol- from the Opposition parties victs in the Nirbhaya air and water pollution. was gangraped and bru- lowing their arrests a over rising cases of rapes and gangrape-cum-murder The bench would also tally assaulted on the month ago, the two sexual assault in the state. case seeking a review of hear the counsel appear- intervening night of other accused, Rupa Concerned over such inci- the 2017 apex court judg- ing for the victim’s moth- December 16-17, 2012 and Abhishek were still dents, the state government ment upholding his er who has moved the top inside a moving bus in absconding. has also directed the police death penalty in the mat- court opposing the plea. south Delhi by six per- The accused have officials and administration to ter. On July 9 last year, the sons before being thrown been charged with ensure speedy trial of the A bench of Chief apex court had dismissed out on the road. indulging in human accused. According to officials Justice S.A. Bobde and the review pleas filed by She died on December trafficking, extortion, here, “Police have been direct- Justices R. Banumathi the other three convicts 29, 2012 at Mount blackmailing and mak- ed to arrest the accused and Ashok Bhushan — Mukesh (30), Pawan Elizabeth Hospital in ing public, material involved in rape cases and file would hear the review Gupta (23) and Vinay Singapore. One of the containing sexually charge-sheet against them in plea filed by Akshay Sharma (24) — in the accused in the case, Ram explicit acts, violating order to ensure speedy trial”. Kumar Singh whose case, saying no grounds Singh, allegedly commit- privacy of some people, lawyer has sought have been made out by ted suicide in the Tihar the investigating offi- clemency arguing life in them for review of the Jail here. — PTI cer in the case said.

FAMILY | DRAMA Daughter-in-law says she was pulled by her hair, beaten up Rabri Devi accused of domestic violence

NAYEAR AZAD | DC ■ SOURCES say that Rabri Devi’s son Tej Pratap The posters which he had cited compatibility PATNA, DEC. 16 Yadav’s wife Aishwarya Rai Aishwarya spoke about issue as a reason for his Rabri Devi’s daughter-in- said. were also not found any- divorce. Trouble mounts for former law Aishwarya Rai filed a Sources said that where near Patna universi- Aishwarya Rai, the grand- Chief Minister Rabri Devi, written complaint Aishwarya Rai later filed a ty. Sources said that the daughter of former Bihar as her daughter-in-law written complaint against posters were removed Chief Minister Daroga Rai Aishwarya Rai has accused against her accusing her Rabri Devi accusing her of immediately after the issue and daughter of a veteran her of physical assault and of “harassment and “harassment and physical surfaced on Sunday. political leader and RJD domestic violence. physical torture” torture”. This is not the first time MLA Chandrika Rai, had The incident occurred on “The incident occurred in when she has accused her married Lalu Yadav’s elder late Sunday evening, when front of the staff and secu- mother-in-law Rabri Devi son Tej Pratap Yadav on she approached Rabri Devi to intervene and ask her rity guards. My mobile of harassment. In May 12 last year. Yadav’s to complain about her hus- son Tej Pratap to remove phone was also snatched, as September, she was seen decision to divorce his wife band Tej Pratap Yadav’s posters which were pasted it had plenty of evidence weeping outside the official had created a flutter not supporters putting up across the university cam- against all of them,” residence of Rabri Devi. only within his family but posters near Patna pus to defame me and my Aishwarya Rai said. Tej Pratap, who is Lalu also in the political circles. University to defame her father. Immediately after I Police officials, however, Yadav’s eldest son, had filed Reacting to the issue family. approached her, she abused said that they were waiting for divorce within six Tejashwi Yadav said that Talking to reporters out- me and started pulling my for a report from the team months of his marriage his political rivals were side Rabri Devi’s official hair. I was also beaten up which had visited Rabri with Aishwarya Rai. using the incident to divert residence, she said “I just and driven out of the Devi’s residence on Sunday Sources close to Lalu public attention from other wanted my mother-in-law house,” Lalu Yadav and to investigate the case. Yadav’s family claim that core issues.