Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 9 CELEB TALKS 14 SPORTS 16 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOWBHOPAL PLUG FARM STEVE MCQUEEN BIOPIC DREAMS DO RAIPUR CHANDIGARHBHUBANESWAR EXTENSION GAP IN THE PIPELINE COME TRUE RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 1 ISSUE 336 HYDERABAD, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable VENKY'S TWO PROJECTS CALLED OFF { Page 13 } www.dailypioneer.com Tamilisai Soundararajan New Ministers’ KCR's cabinet expansion: portfolios T Harish Rao - Finance takes charge as TS Governor KT Rama Rao - Municipal Administration & Urban l Only additions, no removals Development, IT & New Guv administers oath to six new ministers Communications, Industries L VENKAT RAM REDDY P Sabitha Indra Reddy - within five hours of assuming office n HYDERABAD Education Gangula Kamalakar - BC PNS n HYDERABAD Telangana Chief Minister K Welfare, Food & Civil Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday Supplies and Consumer Telangana State on Sunday expanded his cabinet by induct- Affairs got its first woman Governor ing six new ministers, with the Satyavathi Rathod - ST with Dr Tamilisai highlights being the return of his Welfare, Women & Child Soundararajan taking charge son KT Rama Rao and nephew Welfare at the Raj Bhavan. She was T Harish Rao, after a gap of Puvvada Ajay Kumar - administered the oath of nearly nine months, and the Transport office by Chief Justice of entry of women ministers. PORTFOLIO CHANGE: Telangana High Court New governor Tamilisai G Jagadish Reddy - Energy Raghavendra Singh Chauhan. Soundararajan administered the (earlier Education) The oath of office was oath of office and secrecy to the administered after Chief new the ministers at a simple IT Minister KT Rama Rao seeks blessings of his father and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Secretary SK Joshi read out ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. while Finance Minister T Harish Rao greets the CM after the swearing in ceremony in Hyderabad on Sunday the warrant of appointment Contrary to speculations that Tough task for issued by President Ram Nath KCR would sack a few minis- Kovind appointing ters, he did not touch any of the FM Harish: Soundararajan as Telangana incumbent 12 ones. KTR back to IT, industries, MAUD; Harish gets promotion Governor. Chief Minister K The size of the Telangana cab- elangana Chief Minister K irrigation portfolio between Tackling Chandrashekhar Rao and the inet should not exceed 18 mem- TChandrasekhar Rao, who 2014 and 2018 and was Chief Justice then greeted bers, including CM, as per the completed his cabinet formation instrumental in giving initial her with bouquets. ruling party's total strength of by inducting six ministers on push to the execution of the slowdown Several senior BJP leaders, 119 MLAs in the Legislative Sunday, retained the major Kaleshwaram project and PNS n HYDERABAD including Himachal Pradesh Assembly. With Sunday's irrigation portfolio, apparently to Mission Kakatiya, is now back Governor-designate Bandaru expansion, the cabinet reached ensure that all the major projects in the cabinet after a gap of Finance Minister T Harish Rao Dattatreya and Union its full strength of 18, thereby like Kaleshwaram and Palamur- nine months. However, he has has a herculean task cut out for Minister of State for Home G Governor of Telangana State Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan being administered giving indications that there is Ranga Reddy are completed on a now been entrusted with the him in his new avatar. Kishan Reddy, were among the oath of office at Raj Bhavan on Sunday no scope for any cabinet reshuf- war-footing. KCR's nephew T portfolio of Finance. Harish Rao has assumed those who attended the fle in the near future. Harish Rao, who held the Continued on Page 3 charge as Finance Minister at a swearing-in ceremony at the were among several other colleagues at the Begumpet KCR has given representation time when the State is staring Raj Bhavan. Tamil Nadu leaders present Airport upon her arrival by to women ministers for the at a bruised economy that must The simple ceremony was on the occasion. a special flight from Chennai. first time in his cabinet. He KCR also sprang a surprise by Rajender and Koppula also weather recession amid a attended by Telangana State Interestingly, the new The appointment of inducted Sabitha Indra Reddy giving chance to Gangula Eashwar. In the latest cabinet very tight financial position. Ministers, MPs, MLAs, Governor administered oath Tamilisai as Telangana's next and Sathyavathy Rathod into his Kamalakar and Puvvada Ajay, expansion, KTR and Gangula Chief Minister K Assembly Speaker Pocharam to six new ministers within Governor was announced on cabinet. The cabinet of KCR, in both of whom are rookies as Kamalakar have found place in Chandrasekhar Rao has already Srinivas Reddy, among others. five hours of taking charge as September 1, following its entire first term from 2014 ministers. The undivided the cabinet. Khammam previ- More than three months back, raised alarm bells over the dis- Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Governor. which she stepped down and 2019, lacked a woman min- Karimnagar district bagged the ously had no representation in ‘The Pioneer’ predicted with remarkable tinct possibility of the state's Minister O Pannerselvam, Earlier, Dr Soundararajan from her role as Tamil Nadu ister, fuelling criticism from lion's share in the cabinet with the cabinet. The gap has not accuracy that KTR and Harish would be earnings being badly hit due to Tamil Nadu ministers D was welcomed by the Chief BJP chief. opposition parties and women four ministers. The district is been filled with the induction of back in cabinet. We were right even the impact of 'global recession'. Jayakumar and Thangamani Minister and his Cabinet Continued on Page 3 organizations. already represented by Etela Puvvada Ajay. about their portfolios Continued on Page 3 Veteran jurist Congrats to Lander Vikram located on Pakistan, Jethmalani Modi on 100 China discuss passes away days of ‘no lunar surface: ISRO chief Kashmir NEW DELHI: Eminent development' PNS n BENGALURU PNS n ISLAMABAD jurist and former Union PNS n NEW DELHI minister Ram Jethmalani The Chandrayaan-2s Vikram Pakistan and China on passed away on Sunday at Taking a dig at the Modi gov- module has been located on Sunday discussed the the age of 95, his family ernment, Congress leader the Lunar surface and it must Kashmir issue and under- members said. Rahul Gandhi on Sunday "con- have been a hard-landing, lined the need to settle dis- Jethmalani breathed his gratulated" it on 100 days of "no ISRO chairman K Sivan said putes in the region through last at 7.45 am at his official development". on Sunday, in an admission dialogue on the basis of residence in New Delhi, his He alleged that there was a that the planned soft-landing mutual respect and equality, son Mahesh Jethmalani said. glaring lack of leadership, wasnt successful. as Beijing reaffirmed its sup- Mahesh and other close direction and plans to turn- Yes, we have located the lan- port for its all-weather ally in acquaintances said Ram TS Budget session around the "ravaged economy". der on the Lunar surface. safeguarding its sovereignty Jethmalani was not keeping The NDA government led by It must have been a hard- and territorial integrity. well for a few months. Prime Minister Narendra landing, Sivan said. In a joint press release He passed away a few Modi completed 100 days after He said the lander rover issued at the conclusion of days before his 96th birthday from today coming to power for a second Pragyan is housed inside it was Chinese Foreign Minister on September 14, his son consecutive term with a mas- located by on-board cameras Wang Yi's two-day visit to said. Mahesh said his father's l KCR to present Budget in sive mandate. "Congratulations of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter. munication. "Vikram Lander The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter Pakistan, the two countries last rites will be performed to the Modi govt on Asked if the lander was descent was as planned and is healthy and safe in the emphasised that their all- in the evening at the Lodhi Assembly, FM Harish in Council #100DaysNoVikas, the con- damaged during the hard- normal performance was Lunar orbit, an ISRO official weather strategic ties would road crematorium here. tinued subversion of democ- landing, he said: That we do observed up to an altitude of said after the lander lost con- remain unaffected by any Besides Mahesh PNS n HYDERABAD ed to dominate the Budget ses- racy, a firmer stranglehold on not know. Sivan said efforts to 2.1 km. Subsequently, com- tact with ground stations min- regional or international sit- Jethmalani, the former sion. The government would a submissive media to drown establish contact with the lan- munication from the lander to utes before the touchdown on uation. Wang's visit to Union minister is survived The budget session of present its regular budget dur- out criticism and a glaring lack der were continuing. ground stations was lost," Sivan Moon's surface. "The orbiter is Pakistan took place amidst by his daughter based in the Telangana Legislature will com- ing the session. Chief Minister of leadership, direction & plans India's mission to soft-land had said. "The data is being healthy, intact, functioning fresh Indo-Pak tensions after US. His other daughter, Rani mence on Monday. K Chandrasekhar Rao, who is where it's needed the most - to on moon suffered a setback analysed", he had added at the normally and safely in the New Delhi revoked Jammu Jethmalani, died in 2011. Chief Minister K holding the finance depart- turnaround our ravaged econ- during the wee hours on Mission Operations Complex Lunar orbit," the official said.